2018 College Football Previews: Arkansas Razorbacks
Arkansas Razorback
Location: Fayetteville, AR
Coach: Chad Morris (0-0 @Ark., 14-22 overall)1st Season
Stadium: Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium (Capacity: 54,120)
CSJ Projections:
12th: SEC (7th in West Division)
1st: Arkansas
71st: FBS
74th: Division I
2017 In A Sentence: After five years under Coach Bret Bielema, Arkansas decided to go another direction especially after last season’s 4-8 record and just 1-7 in SEC play,included losing its last three SEC contests.
Biggest Shoes to Fill: OC Frank Ragnow was an All-American and the nation’s top-graded center by Pro Football Focus each of the last two seasons. He was a three-year starter for the Razorbacks and team captain as a senior.He played in 42 games with 33 consecutive starts, participating in 2,603 snaps and never allowing a sack. He was selected 20th overall in the first round of the NFL Draft by the Detroit Lions.
Key Player: Junior TE Austin Cantrell (along with senior Jeremy Patton) will be a key target especially given the team is a light short on wide receivers for whomever the Arkansas quarterback (still a five-way battle between sophomore Cole Kelly, junior Ty Sorety and three other freshman). Cantrell is coming off a 13 reception, 85 yard performance last year but tight ends are more of a key position in new Coach Chad Morris’ attack.
Fearless Prediction: The defense is switching to a 4-3 alignment and with the issues at the quarterback, it is hard to imagine that the Razorbacks will improve by much over the four-win total they had last year.
Originally from LaMoure, North Dakota, Kent is a 1996 graduate of North Dakota State University. His prior writing experience is over 15 years having previously worked with D2football.com, I-AA.org, and College Sporting News before coming to College Sports Journal in 2016. His main focus is college football is the Missouri Valley Football Conference within the Division I FCS. And in 2017, he began also to look at the FBS Group of Five conferences of the American Athletic, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West, and Sun Belt.
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